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Carport Solar Done Right: Engineering, Pricing, and Building for the Long Haul #357
Solar carport installation costs can swing by 12 cents per watt before a single panel goes up. Kyle Sinclair, CEO and co-founder of SDE (Sinclair Des…
3 hours ago
CATL's Sodium Ion Battery Could Last 30 Years: Rebuild Your Storage Model Now
CATL unveiled its TENER Sodium energy storage system at Intersolar Europe in Munich, rated for 15,000 cycles to 70 percent state of health at room te…
2 days, 3 hours ago
The Engineering Gap Costing Solar Companies A Fortune #356
A single design error on a commercial solar project can cost $60,000 to $70,000 to fix. Scott Wyssling and Catherine Kelso of Wyssling Consulting exp…
1 week, 2 days ago
Battery Storage Fires: Myths, Facts, and What Actually Happens #355
Battery energy storage fire safety is one of the most urgent permitting challenges facing solar and storage developers in 2026. Mike Nicholas, Energy…
2 weeks ago
Solar Safe Harbor Court Ruling: What Developers Need to Know Now
A US federal court just ruled the IRS acted in an "arbitrary and capricious" manner on solar and wind safe harbor rules, shaking up project timelines…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
They Put Solar on the White House. Here's What Solar Design Associates Learned #354
Solar & storage pioneers Solar Design Associates share 50 years of firsts on the Clean Power Hour. They put solar on the White House in 1979 and buil…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Clean Coalition's Craig Lewis on Microgrids, VPPs, and the Resilience Gap #353
Community microgrids and virtual power plants are two of the most misunderstood concepts in clean energy, and the gap between them is where billions …
1 month ago
Can Homeowners Finally Afford Whole Home Backup? #352
Energy resilience for homeowners is the mission behind Energy Access Innovations, a multi-brand clean energy company building an end-to-end ecosystem…
1 month ago
Perovskite Tandem Solar: Breaking the 30% Efficiency Limit #351
Silicon solar is approaching a hard physical efficiency ceiling at 30%. Perovskite tandem solar is the only proven path through it. Joel Jean, CEO of…
1 month, 1 week ago
US Solar Has a Quality Problem: What Buyers Need to Know
A new report from Clean Energy Associates found that some solar module factories in their first year of production are hitting yield rates as low as …
1 month, 1 week ago